Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-15
DoDeE Cry, Kan, Dec Glib, 1881.
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DODGE CRY, Kan, Dec 9Th, 1857.
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1t seems as if there have been writings,
ID lectures, and speeches enough made,
ID published to the world to convince
cry rational mind, as to what the GER
t.inty of south west Kansas. future viii
be. The great mistake made, and this is
bold assertion, for it strikes many Of
the settlers ''at home. is toe many men
after they arrive in this part OF Kansas
conclude that they are mistaken in their
calling. They come here systematic
farmers, and make another great mistake.
by concluding that their business quail
fcations are far above that of farming,
and hence they abandon their legitimate,
and most praise-worthy profession and
leap into some other branch OF business.
Lawyers, land agents. grocerymen, mer-
chants and so on. Some have abandoned
the ministry, and gone into the real es-
tate business. Then, as we are all
here waiting for the agriculturist and
waiting for some farmer to come and 90
ont ON these heoutifu1 Drairfes and break
-, tho cad and nlant and reap. we can not
expect any thing else bit hard times, and
comr,ai,,ts as to seasons ana general pros
oo-itr The o,eetion is an out growth
of ,bis nract,ca will This co3ntrr ever be
1o,olo,oa into e,ccassfr,I agricultural
oorn+ry9 Tho one,var is very easi1v civ-
., and trutbfullv civen. that if we do
not oot ont Of tho cftiee and rail HID our
sleavas and fear mn the soil. il wiIinever
hocona what # il cast of Ford county,
Had each man who came here q few
vaars aro ecc,,rad . city lot and then
gona into The coi1ntry. and broken up 10.
% 40 or $50 acres of land and started d
countrv home fbep wait until the pro
ducts of the country demanded the build
ing of u city. and the support Of that city
danopd unop the nroducts OF Che sur
rou,dinc country we would not be stu
ated at least ten wears behind our farther
east communities. That town lot craze
has hecooe so deepIy implanted in the
Kansan that even TODAY as far eastas New
ton the country people do not pretend
to e,,nnlv the demand for vegetables.
,r,,ite nor grain for the c0Dsuf1ptfon OF
the PRODUCING classes. tits a force
IF habit and shou,d he If once and for
oyer abandoned While This absolute
5utv sbonld he performed we have ex-
,erienco which teaches that our rainfall
,-o,,la lao ;pcraoso6 in nronorfion as the
soil is broken M The question asked
mo to consider is tbisyery question, what
is tho couea9 and why IS II fiat we do not
have tbo same success here that the peo-
nlo only short distance. in this state
cast Of ne bave2 the real answer truth
fully given is because we do not try to
develope the country, bet boom towns
and expect the towns to developc the
country. Having had some experience
stretching through thirty years Of time,
and watching carefully all the changes
in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and por-
tons of Kansas. it Is not hard question
to solve Like causes produce like ciIec,s
What has been the experience Of early
settlers in eastern Kansas! They tell Us
the same story we are being asked now
to repeat They answer, we thought At
one time that this eastern Kansas was
nothing more nor less than one great
pasture field That Germ would not grow,
that wheat would not do well, that oats
and barley would not amount TO anything
worth while working for- out that IS
different as we all see. Wlth a httie more
equaiized rain iaii no country on earth
will surpass this much advertised state
in productions OF all cereals.
This has been most remarkable sea-
son This has not been most remarkable.
only in Kansas but in Iowa. Illinois IN
diana. Michigan. and Wisconsin, but
every where. Out on the prairie there
are to be found here and there men who
have this year 40 bushels of corn to The
acre and % bushels OF wheat Their land
had been well broken and il proper sea-
son. They went at their work as if Il
was a foregone conclusion that to plant
and sow. we viii reap and NOW. There
are also exceptions TO this rule. In GER
tain localities we have had hot winds,